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02 Aug 2009 21:58

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World: Deadly plague infection hits China (that country can’t catch a break!)

  • 10,000 quarantined in Ziketan, Qinghai province source
Posted by Nathalie Heiberg • 1 Comment • Permalink

07 Jun 2009 22:45

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U.S., World: Perhaps NOLA mayor Ray Nagin shouldn’t have gone to China

Posted by Ernie Smith • 3 Comments • Permalink

02 Jun 2009 10:31

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World: Are you a pilot based in China? You may get quarantined for swine flu!

  • 400+ pilots and plane crew were quarantined in the wake of the swine flu scare
  • 250 of them were hospitalized; the rest were asked to quarantine themselves at home source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

06 May 2009 21:42

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Offbeat, World: The only pig in Afghanistan has even fewer friends than before

Thanks to swine flu, the pig – which is seen as unclean in Islamic culture – is now quarantined. Some pig. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

03 May 2009 09:41

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U.S., World: Pigs infected with H1N1: It’s like an infinite loop of swine flu

  • The Alberta farmer recently left Mexico. Canadian officials are quarantining a bunch of pigs testing positive for swine flu after a farmer apparently gave H1N1 to them. In case you’re wondering, this does not make eating pork dangerous. If they have swine flu, it will not get you sick. So don’t freak out. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
 
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